Arch support



Malrch 12, .1929. -n 1,705,002

Anon SUPPORT Filed Dec. 27, 1926 Patented Mar. 12, 1929.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

MARSILIO BUTI, F POINT ARENA, CALIFORNIA.

ARCH SUPPORT.

Application filed December 27, 1926. Serial lio. 157,166.

' port in the desired shape.

It is within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and to enhance the utility of devices of that typeto which the invention appertains.

Vith the above and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood thatchangesin the precise embodiment of the invention herein d1sclosed, may be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit, of the invention.

In the drawings Figure 1 shows in top plan, a device constructed in accordance withthe invention;

Figure 2 is a side elevation; Figure 3 is a bottom plan; Figure t Figure 2. v

The arch support forming the subjectmatter of this application comprises a main section 1, preferably made of leather. The

s a section onthe line 4-4 of main section 1 is shaped peripherally'at 2,

curved longitudinally at 3, and curved transversely at 4, as the pathology of the particular case may demand. In the lower surface of the main section 1, there is formed a main recess 5 bounded by a shoulder 6 disposed approximately at right angles to the lower surface 7 of the main section 1. Above the main section 1 there isfashioned an auxiliary recess 8 of less extent than the main recess 5,.both of the recesses 5 and 8v opening through one side of the main section 1, as shown in Figures 2 and 4, below the upwardly extended, skived side wing 9 that exists along one edge of the main section 1. The auxiliary recess 8 is located above the main recess 5 and is in communication with the main recess.v

In the main recess 5 is located a tie 10, which, preferably, and fits against the peripheral shoulder 6 of the main recess.= The tie plate 10 is connected by stitching 11 with the main section 1, and the mainsection 1, together with plate pair of shoes to another.

sents a large surface, and will not-creep.

both on its upperside and on its is made of leather the tie plate 10, are slit toreceive the stitching 11, the slitting being marked by the numeral 12 and the construction bein such that the tie plate is blind-stitched tothe main section 1, the lower surface oi": the tie plate 10 being disposed flush with the lower surface '1' oil the main section 1, so that there are no'projections on the bottom of the article. The plate 10 is called a tie plate, because it acts like a tie in a truss, and aids in retaining the main section lin the curved form shownat 3 and at 4. If desired, the auxiliary recess -8 may be occupied by a filler ll, generally made of metal, and connected by a rivet 15 or otherwise to the tie plate 10, the head the lower surface of the tie plate, asfshown at 16, so that the lower surface 01" the tie irate presents no projections.

The device forming. the subject matter 0:? this application is not a part of a: shoe or other article of footwear: consequently, it can be used in connection with any kind of shoe, and may be shifted readily from one made that it will wear a long time. It pre-c It can easily be placed in a shoe and shaped to conform with the arch of the foot being inserted into the shoe. The device comprises but few parts and may be manufactured cheaply; The device has a "smooth surface lower side,

and there are no projections, ridges, or

lumps to chate or irritate the wearer.

WVhat is claimed is In an arch support, a main section curved both longitudinally and transversely, and provided in its lower surface with a main recess, the main section having an auxiliary recess of less extent than the main recess, the auxiliary recess being disposed. above the main recess and in communication with the main recess, a tie plate of materially less area than the main section, the tie plate being located in the main recess and forming a complete closure for the bottom of the main recess, means for securing the tie plate adjacent to its periphery to the mainsection, thereby to hold the main section curved as aforesaid, a filler inthe auxiliary recess, and means for securing the filler to the tie plate independently oi -the main section;

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixed' mysignature.

MARSILIO BUTI.

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